Chattanooga, Tennessee, retained the top spot, a position it has held four of the last five years.

The region of Birmingham, Anniston and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, ranked second, with Roanoke and Lynchburg, Virginia; Tri-Cities, Tennessee; and Shreveport, Louisiana, rounding out the top five.

Tri-Cities moving ahead of Shreveport is the only change in the top five from 2016.

“The next five are also located in the Southern ‘Bible belt,'” Barna found: Charlotte, North Carolina; Springfield, Missouri; Little Rock and Pine Bluff, Arkansas; and, Knoxville, Tennessee. Tied for 10th place were Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson, South Carolina; and Asheville, North Carolina.

Albany, Schenectady and Troy, New York, held the lowest spot for the second year.

Rounding out the bottom five were Boston, Massachusetts, and Manchester, New Hampshire; Providence, Rhode Island, and New Bedford, Massachusetts; Cedar Rapids and Waterloo, Iowa; and Buffalo, New York.